CHAPTER XVII 



TANKS IN GARDEN DESIGN 



THE recent remarkable development of the Water-Lily 

 as a garden flower has already had a marked effect on 

 garden design, in that an important modern pleasure 

 ground is scarcely complete without its Lily tank. 

 The Water-Lily's simple form both of flower and 

 foliage seems to adapt it specially for being grown 

 in basins in the ornamental garden. The illustration 

 shows a good example of such a Lily pool. The 

 broad flat kerb of wrought stone is in harmony both 

 with the level lines of the water and the flat expanse 

 of grass. Such an edging is far better than the lumpy 

 raised erections of poor design that so often disfigure 

 our garden pools. Raised parapets are only good 

 when they are very well designed, as in an illustration 

 at the beginning of the next chapter. 



The proper relation of the water-level to the edge 

 of the tank is a matter that is often overlooked. It 

 should not be far from the level of the lower inside 

 line of the kerb. Nothing, except an empty tank 

 or fountain basin, has a much more unsatisfactory 

 appearance than a deep tank with only a little water 



in the bottom. They are often built quite needlessly 



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